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Cambridge
Special to SunSpotThe advertisement is yellowed and torn, but its message is clear. Beans canned by Cambridge's Phillips Packing Company have "that down in Dixie flavor." The statement appears below an image of a large African-American woman wearing a headscarf and holding...Tags: Slavery, Riots, Business, Bars and Clubs, Natural Resources
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Washington College
Special to SunSpotLittle Washington College wields heavy literary weight. Nestled in historic Chestertown, this private school of 1,200 students annually awards the nation's largest undergraduate literary prize, topping $65,000 in 2002 with no strings attached. Who said...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School, Allen Ginsberg, Minority Groups, Awards and Prizes
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Johns Hopkins University
Special to SunSpotAsk most people what they associate with the Johns Hopkins University, and they'll respond "health care." But the nearly 4,000 undergraduates enrolled at this elite university know better. Hopkins has some of the nation's top programs in international...Tags: Wes Craven, Society, Hospitals and Clinics, Pulitzer Prize Awards, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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A who's who of Maryland (abridged)
Special to Baltimoresun.comWhile you may be coming to Maryland to earn your fame and fortune, the majority of the Free State natives listed below took their talents elsewhere. The exceptions are marked with asterisks. Actors/actresses Bess Armstrong, John Astin, John Wilkes Booth,...Tags: David Simon, Migration, Spiro Agnew, Celebrities and Bad Behavior, Sisqo
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Based in Baltimore
Special to the SunSpotThere are many great writers who call Baltimore "home." It's a shame that our local bookstores don't feel this is a big deal. When we asked at each store for Baltimore authors, we were led to the local-interest section where we found tidewater schedules...Tags: Paul Auster, David Simon, Martin Luther King Jr., Hospitals and Clinics, University of Maryland, College Park
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Oh, the drama
Sun Arts WriterTwo Weeks Before the Debut of Her New Play, Snakes: "Don't tell anyone," Cherie Vogelstein confides, "but I haven't written it yet." That's dismaying, given the importance of the event. It's mid-fall, and Snakes is to premiere in New York City at the...Tags: Bill Murray, Arts, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Theater, Oscar Hammerstein
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Contrasting studies
Special to Baltimoresun.comWhen a Quaker merchant named Johns Hopkins left $7 million in a will to found a hospital and a university in his name, few could have imagined the legacy of that investment would include historic breakthroughs in medicine and physics (as evidenced by a...Tags: Arts, Morgan State University, Hospitals and Clinics, University of Maryland, College Park, Science
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On location
Special to baltimoresun.comWhat better beach companion than a quick read with witty characters, mildly surprising plot twists, concise chapters and just enough conflict to remind you how happy you are to be on vacation? As an added bonus, try one of these books that unfolds against...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Assault, Natural Resources, Wetlands, Marriage
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Drawn to the Shore
Special To The SunThe Eastern Shore and art? To most outsiders, that usually means only one thing: ducks. Duck paintings. Duck sculptures. Duck decoys. But look beyond the surface and you'll discover a region that's redefining itself -- quite rightly -- as a serious arts...Tags: Arts, Chestertown, John Muir, Photography, Culture
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English 101
Each novelist requires circumstance — a situation to describe, from which a conflict arises — and the ivy-covered college hall or dormitory room provides such context readily. It would take research and, thereafter, expertise to write about...
Tags: Duke University, Robert Frost, Butterfly Ballots, Genres, Colleges and Universities
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Indianapolis City-County Council passes new smoking ban
The city of Indianapolis has again passed a smoking ban. The council approving the proposal 20-9 Monday night. The ban specifically targets smoking in bars. It is a compromise with the mayor. The Democrats who sponsored the bill took out the ban on...
Tags: Laws, Democratic Party, Civil Laws
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SCS honor roll released
Somerset Christian School Honor roll for the third nine weeks Grade 1 High Honor Roll — Emma Hunt, Sarah Jacobs, Tristan Plieth, Isabella Petrilla, Steven Sanner, Morgan Stevanus, Shandi Walker, Shawna Walker Honor Roll — Sarah Cramer...
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